HIM

HiM is a dub ^{dub music} influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 ^{1995 in music} by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine ^{Codeine (band)} , Rex ^{Rex (band)} and June of 44. Their first album, Egg, was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction. After some recording for Crooklyn Dub Consortium and Wordsound, HiM settled on a lineup of Scharin with Bundy K. Brown, Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker ^{Jeff Parker (musician)} , as well as members or occasional members of Tortoise ^{Tortoise (band)} . Their first album was the underground hit Sworn Eyes, produced ^{record producer} by Teo Macero. A few personnel changes followed, and the revamped lineup released Our Point of Departure in 1999 ^{1999 in music} , which signified a very clear shift toward a more jazz-like sound, followed by a major American and European tour. In 2003, HiM released Many In High Places Are Not Well on Fat Cat Records, which was received as their most successful and fully-realized release. Peoples was released in mid-2006, featuring a cleaner sound with more vocals than any of HiM's previous releases. Included in this line-up are Martin Perna and Jordan McLean from Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Griffin Rodriguez from Need New Body, Adam Pierce (Mice Parade). The latest HiM records, released in 2008 and 2009, are collaborations between Doug Scharin, Josh Larue and the Tokyo based group, Ultra Living.

  * Egg – 1996 Southern Records
* H.I.M./The Dylan Group – 1997 Bubble Core
* Interpretive Belief System – 1997 WordSound
* Sworn Eyes – 1999 Perishable Records
* Our Point of Departure – 2000 Perishable Records
* New Features – 2001 Bubble Core
* Many in High Places Are Not Well – 2003 Bubble Core
* Peoples – 2006 Bubble Core
* 1110 – 2008 Afterhours (Japan)
* ã‚“ - 2009 Afterhours (Japan) / 2010 HipHipHip (Europe)